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With the 23rd pick of the 2012 NFL draft the Detroit Lions select offensive tackle Jonathan Martin from Stanford University.

Do I have inside information? Nope. Nobody does. But Martin is the consensus pick of draft experts who are paid to predict what will happen Thursday night.

Do these guys know something? No. A story just came out that listed the mock drafts of 25 experts. They have the Lions taking 15 different players. When you draft that low the experts don’t know because so much can happen ahead of the Lions. The Lions don’t even know who they are going to take. They’ve got guys listed high on their draft boards that they will track all night. But nobody knows.

Anyway who is Martin? He is a 6-foot-5, 312 pound monster who lacks foot speed and needs to get stronger. He eventually could become the Lions left tackle but not until after Jeff Backus retires. I can see him challenging Gosder Cherilus at right tackle and getting his feet wet in the league. But he is not ready to be a solid contributor yet.